SMBIOS 2.6 meant this machine predated UEFI, predated secure boot, predated the very idea that hardware could lie to software. Back then, the System Management BIOS was a simple handshake: Here’s my memory size. Here are my CPU cores. Be nice.
Added Bootup State, Power Supply State, Thermal State, and Security Status fields to better populate physical container tables. Cache Information (Type 7): smbios version 26
Mira typed: dmidecode -s system-version
This version expanded the ability to report on core counts and thread counts. As dual-core and quad-core CPUs became the norm, Version 2.6 ensured the OS could distinguish between physical sockets and logical cores. SMBIOS 2
: Expanded to include fields for Memory Speed , Form Factor, and Device Type. predated secure boot